Fire of Weakness

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Fire of Weakness

AS WE LAY HERE

WE ARE SLOWLY CONSUMED BY A WEAKNESS

NOT A WEAKNESS OF ANGER OR HATE

BUT A WEAKNESS OF LOVE

WE ARE VULNERABLE TO NOTHING BUT EACHOTHER

THIS FORTRESS THIS BARRIER IS FORMED

NO IN NO OUT

JUST US LOCKED IN EACHOTHERS ARMS

LETTING THE WORLD GO ON

STAND STILL

OR FALTER AS IT PLEASES

IT MEANS NOTHING

THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS US

OUR FUTURE AND OUR PRESENT

THE PAST DOESNT MATTER ANYMORE

ITS ALL BEHIND US AND WHAT IS BEHIND US

IS JUST ANOTHER DEMON WANTING TO BREAK FREE AND DESTROY

WE WONT, WE CAN'T LET IT GO FREE

NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT ATLEAST

THIS DEMON IS LIKE NO OTHER

IT TAKES FORM OF YOU, OF ME

AND RIPS OUR OWN HEARTS OUT

THAT IS HOW WHAT WE HAVE IS A WEAKNESS

THE FUTURE, THE THOUGHT OF THE FUTURE

WILL HAVE FIRE

THE FIRE THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM THE DEMON

ITS FOLLOWERS

 OURSELVES IF NECESARY

BUT THAT WONT HAPPEN

NOT WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE AT

OUR LOVE WILL GIVE THE FIRE ITS WOOD TO BURN

OUR FAITH IN EACHOTHER WILL BE THE FIREPLACE

AND OUR HOPE WILL BE THE STONE THAT KEEPS IT IN PLACE

WE HAVE OUR FIRE NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

SUPPLY THE WOOD

CLEAN THE FIREPLACE

AND POLISH THE STONE

ALWAYS, FOREVER, STEADILY

WE WILL LIVE IN PEACE

PROSPER WITH ACTION

AND LOVE WITH THE FIRE OF OUR WEAKNESS

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The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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